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    <periodOfReport>2015-09-18</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>STAG Industrial, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>STAG</issuerTradingSymbol>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerName>Guillemette Larry T</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O STAG INDUSTRIAL, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>ONE FEDERAL STREET, 23RD FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BOSTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>02110</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
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                <value>Common Stock</value>
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                <value></value>
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                    <value>6000</value>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>17.974</value>
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                    <value>D</value>
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                    <value>11645</value>
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                <value>Common Stock</value>
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            <transactionDate>
                <value>2015-09-18</value>
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                <value></value>
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                    <value>7500</value>
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                    <value>18.0634</value>
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                    <value>A</value>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>19145</value>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
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        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>9.0% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock</value>
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            <transactionDate>
                <value>2015-09-18</value>
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                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1000</value>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>26.217</value>
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                    <value>D</value>
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                    <value>D</value>
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        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>6.625% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2015-09-18</value>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
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                <value></value>
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                    <value>1000</value>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The reporting person acknowledges that the sale of 6,000 shares of common stock at a weighted average price of $17.974 per share reported herein is matchable under Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, to the extent of 1,750 shares, with his purchase of 1,750 shares of common stock on August 25, 2015 for a purchase price of $17.9299 per share. Contemporaneously with the sale of the 6,000 shares of common stock, the reporting person paid the Issuer $87.68, representing the full amount of profit realized in connection with the short swing transaction.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Represents the weighted average sale price. Sale prices range from $17.95 - $17.98. Upon request by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Issuer or a shareholder of the Issuer, the reporting person will provide full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Represents the weighted average purchase price. Purchase prices range from $17.98 - $18.15. Upon request by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Issuer or a shareholder of the Issuer, the reporting person will provide full information regarding the number of shares purchased at each separate price.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Represents the weighted average sale price. Sale prices range from $26.20 - $26.22. Upon request by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Issuer or a shareholder of the Issuer, the reporting person will provide full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Represents the weighted average sale price. Sale prices range from $24.00 - $24.15. Upon request by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Issuer or a shareholder of the Issuer, the reporting person will provide full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Jeffrey M. Sullivan, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2015-09-22</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
